ITV News cameras have seen two boats carrying 114 refugees land on UK sovereign soil for the first time, at the RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus.
ITV News Correspondent Emma Murphy, who is the only television journalist at the scene, said the base went into lockdown when the boats arrived.
A deal with Cyprus means that refugees cannot seek asylum in the UK despite landing on the British sovereign soil.
The refugees that arrived by boat at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus are now being held in a hangar at the base, ITV News understands.
The site is where British planes dock in between bomb attacks on Islamic State targets in Iraq.
While the ministry initially said four boats had arrived at the base, that number was later corrected to two.
Defence Secretary tells ITV News sovereign territory in Cyprus will not become a "new route" for refugees seeking asylum in Britain.
ITV News cameras have witnessed at least 114 refugees, including children, landing on the shores of a British military base in Cyprus.
An ITV News correspondent says boats carrying refugees directly landed on UK sovereign soil at a British military base on Cyprus.